Here is a list of some of my favourite poems and short stories. I've been trying to read more of them lately and collect ones that I find most interesting and inspiring. Please enjoy them :-)
poems
- There is no Frigate like a Book - Emily Dickinson [my favourite, always]
- Two Trees - Don Paterson [last line is insane here]
- Introduction to Poetry - Billy Collins [I would beat a poem with a hose, tbh]
- Habitation - Margaret Atwood
- Wild Geese - Mary Oliver
- Dulce et Decorum Est - Wilfred Owen
- Goblin Market - Christina Rossetti [legendary goblin poem]
- Projections - Auzin [hehe]
- A Complaint - William Wordsworth [beautifully bitter, this one]
- Apricot Bath - Caitlin Bell
- channel-surfing - Ariel Clark-Semyck ["a woman drops her tampon in the toilet like it’s a maraschino cherry" unbelievable line]
- Intrauterine Elegy - Mollie O'Leary
- Forgiveness - Christian Paulisich
- Against Poetry - Diane Seuss
- Old Habits - Tom Denbigh [a beautiful tribute to huge legend Paul O'Grady]
- Excerpts from People to Run From - Diana Delgado
- How My Grandma Broke Her Hip That Summer - Monica Wang
short stories
- The Alien and Me - Chris Haven
- Grogu Doesn't Need a Sippy Cup - Melissa Llanes Brownlee
- Maybe Your Mother Fell In Love with Fire - Patricia Colleen Murphy
- The World's Biggest Moron Stops Laughing - Kyle Seibel
- Survival Tips: Toddler Birthday Party - Miriam Gershow
- Mating Call - Phoebe Cramer [a gorgeous story about "lonely Bigfoot"]